Jeremiah 11:3

and say thou unto them, Thus, saith Yahweh God of Israel,—Accursed, is the man who will not hear the words of this covenant;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

In Context

2Hear ye the words of this covenant,—and speak ye unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

4which I commanded your fathers—in the day when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt out of the smelting-pot of iron—saying, Hearken unto my voice and do them, According to all that I may command you,—So shall ye become my people, And, I, will become, your God:

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall be, if thou do not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I am commanding thee to-day, then shall come in upon thee all these curses and shall reach thee:—

Jeremiah 31:32Not like the covenant which I solemnised with their fathers, In the day when I grasped their hand, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt,—In that, they, brake my covenant Though, I, had become a husband unto them, Declareth Yahweh.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 11:2-11

Charges against Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 3 And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you:… Read the whole commentary →

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